Clinical Training

Clinical Training

Boston Medical Center

Consistent with the mission of community service, Boston Medical Center has provided abortion services since legalization. All services are provided at Boston Medical Center. The medical campus includes the hospitals, the School of Medicine, biomedical research buildings, and the School of Public Health, which allows almost all activities to take place within a several block radius.

Our BEACON (Bringing Excellence to Abortion and Contraception) clinical services practice a collaborative model with physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses engaged in a team-based approach to clinical care.

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Abortion and Miscarriage Training for the CFP Fellow

Fellows participate in all aspects of first and second trimester surgical and medical abortion training, through the legal limit in the state of Massachusetts. We see about 6500 patients a year, and care for a complex and diverse population. We’re the primary referral location for the MA Abortion Sharing Agreement, and take enormous pride in the provision of compassionate, patient centered care for complex patients.

The vast majority of services are provided through our ambulatory procedure center, staffed with skilled registered nurses, medical assistants, and anesthesiologists. This efficient, patient-centered space allows for right-sized care for complex patients, without the routine need for the operating room. All of our pregnancy management services occur in the same space, with expectation to develop expertise in D&C, D&E, transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasound, management of early pregnancy loss and mid-trimester fetal demise, and medical abortion provision. We specialize in patients with a variety of comorbidities including substance use and substance use disorder, obesity and related illness, complex cardiac or vascular histories, and morbid placentation. We are particularly well equipped for patients who are transgender or gender diverse, have histories of trauma, are refugees, and other complex social situations shaping clinical care.

Complex Contraception

Fellows run a complex contraception clinic, managing referrals and providing consultative services in the outpatient setting. They will gain experience in management of difficult LARC insertion and removal,  patient-centered contraception counseling and shared decision making.